Sink your teeth into this travel app!
IT'S one of those brilliantly simple ideas that make you think: "Wow, I wish I'd thought of that!" Allergy FT Food Translator is a new phone app created for people with allergies who are travelling overseas.
Tips and tricks for ticks: A travellers’ guide
Ticks are smart insects. Did you know they use their back legs to attach themselves to the tip of a blade of grass or leaf and wait with their front legs outstretched, poised to 'catch' a passing animal or human?
Plan to screen sick travellers for ‘superbugs’
Australian travellers who have been hospitalised in countries where there’s a high risk of acquiring highly drug-resistant bacteria will be kept in isolation after returning home if they are found to be infected.
Travelling with kids? Get a grip on HFMD
Most parents know hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) as a virus that affects infants and young children.
Swatting the 5 myths of mosquito repellents
AN effective personal insect repellent is still the most reliable first line of defence against biting mosquitoes. Unfortunately, there is still confusion among people looking for alternatives to 'chemical repellents', which they often (wrongly) perceived to be 'unsafe'. And, many people don't un
Last-minute travel – it’s never too late to call
At our travel health advisory call centre, we get calls from anxious people who've left it almost literally until the 'last minute' to check on the potential health risks of their overseas trip. In a perfect world, it's best to give yourself 6-8 weeks to arrange this important pre-travel consulta
Cure-all Medicine
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A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart.
Beat the heat of the northern summer
Record high temperatures above 50oC in parts of the USA, sweltering days above 40oC on the courts of Wimbledon, and heatwave conditions in parts of Europe last week are a reminder to Australians heading to northern hemisphere countries to prepare for the heat – right from th
So, did you get lucky (and avoid hepatitis)?
"So, any holiday romances? Did you get lucky?" asks the not so subtle friend.
Alert, not alarmed: Advice for Australian pilgrims
SHOULD Australian Muslims planning to attend the Umrah or Hajj pilgrimages in Saudi Arabia this year be concerned about the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)?